Heilongjiang
Province: | Heilongjiang |
Official Name: | HÄ“ilóngjiÄngshÄ›ng |
Status: | Province |
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Population Figure: | approx. 37,5 million |
Area: | 489,000 square kilometer |
Location: | North-China Adjacent provinces: Inner Mongolia, Jilin |
Capital City: | Harbin |
Sights: | The Harbin Snow and Ice Festival officially runs from January 5 until February 15, but usually you can see the sculpures till March, when it is still cold enough. |
General Information: | Heilongjiang is the original area of the Manchu, whose predecessors founded the Jin-Dynasty in Harbin. The Russians built a railroad in Manchuria leading to Vladivostok, in 1905 the Japanese gained control over it. |
Links: | www.hlj.gov.cn : |
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